Their mission protect the egg from breaking.
That's what 42 kids had to do for a physics exercise one day while participating in a summer science camp for youth in Oconee County recently.
These youth met daily for six hours at Malcom Bridge Elementary School, while another 15 students met at Malcom Bridge Middle School.
The camp was sponsored by the Oconee River Georgia Youth Science and Technology Center, run by Debra Riddleburger at the RESA headquarters in Winterville.
The students came from Oconee and neighboring counties and schools as well.
In the egg exercise an egg would be placed in the bed of a toy pickup then rolled down a steep ramp into a cement wall.
''Get it as safe as it can be. When it crashes into the wall your job is to keep that egg safe,'' Linda Pickering told the students.
She and Hannah Rice were the summer camp teachers. Assisting the teachers were Travis Pickering, a student at Oconee County High School; and Jessica Banks, a recent graduate of Georgia Tech.
The kids were given rubber bands, tape and cotton balls to create a protective armor for the eggs. None of the eggs broke while protected.
The campers learned plenty of lessons during the week, including exploring the properties of light and sound and making bubbles.